HBO Demands $6.4M From Charter For Affiliate Deals

Law360, New York (November 5, 2009, 7:05 PM EST) -- Home Box Office is seeking cure amounts adding up to $6.4 million for unpaid affiliation agreements it held with bankrupt Charter Communications Inc., rejecting the cable provider's plan to offer HBO nothing for Charter's long-standing debt under its Chapter 11 reorganization plan.

In a motion filed Thursday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, HBO objected to Charter's proposal to pay nothing to cure $1.4 million in overdue payments on licensing deals that allowed Charter to market and carry HBO channels,...